Photo by Mark Wright | Missile Defense Agency | 10.26.2018
A target missile was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai, Hawaii during Flight Test Standard Missile-45. The USS JOHN FINN (DDG-113) detected and tracked the target missile with its onboard AN/SPY-1 radar using the Aegis Baseline 9.C2 weapon system. Upon acquiring and tracking the target, the ship launched an SM-3 Block IIA guided missile which intercepted the target....
Photo by Mark Wright | Missile Defense Agency | 10.26.2018
A target missile was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai, Hawaii during Flight Test Standard Missile-45. The USS JOHN FINN (DDG-113) detected and tracked the target missile with its onboard AN/SPY-1 radar using the Aegis Baseline 9.C2 weapon system. Upon acquiring and tracking the target, the ship launched an SM-3 Block IIA guided missile which intercepted the target....
Photo by Mark Wright | Missile Defense Agency | 10.26.2018
A target missile was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai, Hawaii during Flight Test Standard Missile-45. The USS JOHN FINN (DDG-113) detected and tracked the target missile with its onboard AN/SPY-1 radar using the Aegis Baseline 9.C2 weapon system. Upon acquiring and tracking the target, the ship launched an SM-3 Block IIA guided missile which intercepted the target....
Photo by Ryan Keith | Missile Defense Agency | 10.26.2018
A target missile was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai, Hawaii during Flight Test Standard Missile-45. The USS JOHN FINN (DDG-113) detected and tracked the target missile with its onboard AN/SPY-1 radar using the Aegis Baseline 9.C2 weapon system. Upon acquiring and tracking the target, the ship launched an SM-3 Block IIA guided missile which intercepted the target....
Photo by Ryan Keith | Missile Defense Agency | 09.12.2018
September 12, 2018: A Standard Missile -3 Block IB Threat Upgrade (SM-3 Blk IB TU) missile launches from the Japan destroyer, JS ATAGO (DDG-177) during Japan Flight Test Mission-05 (JFTM-05). The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the United States Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced the successful completion of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) intercept flight test, in......
Photo by Ryan Keith | Missile Defense Agency | 09.12.2018
September 12, 2018: A Standard Missile -3 Block IB Threat Upgrade (SM-3 Blk IB TU) missile launches from the Japan destroyer, JS ATAGO (DDG-177) during Japan Flight Test Mission-05 (JFTM-05). The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the United States Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced the successful completion of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) intercept flight test, in......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Starr | Navy Region Europe, Africa, Central | 07.31.2018
180731-N-BK435-0484 DEVESELU, Romania (July 31, 2018) Capt. Charlos Washington, commanding officer of Naval Support Facility Deveselu, Cmdr. Axel Steiner, commanding officer of Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System Romania, and Col. Razvan Bratulescu, base commander for Romanian 99th Military Base, take a group photo with members from the Japanese Diet, during a visit. NSF Deveselu and AAMDS......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Starr | Navy Region Europe, Africa, Central | 07.31.2018
180731-N-BK435-0411 DEVESELU, Romania (July 31, 2018) Cmdr. Axel Steiner, commanding officer of Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System Romania, gives a tour of the AAMDS to members from the Japanese Diet, during a base visit. Naval Support Facility Deveselu and AAMDS Romania are co-located with the Romanian 99th Military Base and play a key role in ballistic missile defense in Eastern Europe.......
